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When Joni Mitchell Met Cary Raditz, Her ‘Mean Old Daddy’

The subject of Joni Mitchell’s ‘Carey’ recalls his time with the singer in early 1970 in a fishing village on Crete

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Marc Myers

Nov. 11, 2014 10:56 a.m. ET

When Joni Mitchell met Cary Raditz in early 1970, he was living in a cave in Matala, Crete. Today, he lives in Maryland and is an institutional investment strategist focusing on international nonprofits. During their two months together in Matala, Ms. Mitchell wrote “Carey” about Mr. Raditz and later referred to him in “California.” Both songs are on “Blue,” her 1971 album inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. Mr. Raditz, 68 years...